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BFQ-1440
Professeur d’anglais
French Professor
MODE D’EMPLOI/ USER’S GUIDE
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Electronic Publishers
BOOKMAN II
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License Agreement ® READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN PROD- UCT. YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. BOOKMAN PRODUCT means the software product and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED
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Table of Contents Welcome to the world of Franklin! With the Guide, save words to My Word List, sharp- Professeur d’anglais you can find over en your spelling and increase your French ™ 2,000,000 translations, correct misspell- vocabulary with six LEARNables , and play ings, conjugate words, study the Grammar seven fun, educational word games. Key Guide ............................................................................................................... 31 Installing Batteries ........
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Key Guide Color Keys types a ? to stand for a letter in a word. At a menu, displays a conj Conjugates a word. menu item. At a dictionary lang Toggles the entry language entry, displays the headword. In between French and English. games, reveals the word and dict Goes to the dictionary. forfeits the game. ™ leçon Goes to the LEARNables maj Shifts to type capital letters menu. and punctuation marks. fn Shifts to allow préc, suiv, ht, Function Keys bas and to type a hypen (-) or Turns the product o
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Key Guide Combination Keys* Calculator/Converter Keys fn + At a dictionary entry, pages up or or down. q (1/x) Calculates a reciprocal. fn + At a dictionary entry, displays s (√ x) Calculates a square root. or the next or previous entry. 2 d (x ) Squares a number. maj + At a menu, goes to the first or f (%) Calculates a percentage. or last item. At a dictionary entry, g (.) Inserts a decimal point. goes to the start or end of the w (+/-) Changes the number on the entry. screen to a negative or p
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Installing Batteries Changing the Language Your product is powered by two CR- Message Language 2032 lithium, 3-volt batteries. Follow When you turn on this product for the first time, these easy instructions to install or you must choose the message language. Press replace them. a for French or press b for English. 1. Turn your product over. 2. Lift the battery cover on the back of your product by pushing up on the catch. The message language is the language of 3. Install the batteries with the
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Installing Book Cards Selecting a Book 1. Turn your product off. Once a book card is installed in the product, you can select which book you want to use. 2. Turn your product over. 3. Align the tabs on the book card with 1. Turn your product on. the notches in the slot. carte 2. Press . These are sample books. 3. Press or to highlight your selection. 4. Press the book card down until it snaps into place. ➤ Removing Book Cards Warning: Never install or remove a book For information on ava
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Bookcard Color Keys Using the Main Menu menu The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on When you press , you will see ten icons. Use these to quickly take you to your product change functions according to the book card you select. Their functions different parts of your Professeur d'anglais. are labelled on individual cards. ➤ Understanding the Menu conj dict RED Goes to the English-to-French dictionary. lang GREEN thes Goes to the French-to-English dictionary. games YELLOW dict ™ BLUE learn
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Viewing a Demonstration Changing the Settings or Tutorial When using this dictionary, you can activate You can view a demonstration or tutorial of this dictionary at any time. the Learn a Word feature, or adjust the screen contrast, the shutoff time, the type menu 1. Press . size, and the message language. The shut- 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight off time is how long your product stays on if entrer and press . you forget to turn it off. menu 1. Press in the dictionary, calcu- lator, or con
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Changing the Settings Translating French Words Your Professeur d'anglais is fully ➤ Learn a New Word bilingual. Try translating a French word. Your dictionary comes with a Learn a lang 1. Press to change the entry Word feature to help you increase language from English to your French or English vocabulary. French, if needed. Each time you turn your Professeur 2. Type a word (e.g., étude). d'anglais on, you can see a different To erase a letter, press arr . To type headword taken from the dicti
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Translating French Words Translating English Words You can also use the Professeur ➤ Understanding Definitions d'anglais to translate English words into Dictionary entries consist of French. headwords, parts of speech, and/or lang 1. Press to change the entry definitions. Other forms of the word language from French to En- may follow the headword. Capitalized glish, if needed. words indicate the category for which the word is used. After the translation, 2. Type a word (e.g., how). you may see
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Translating English Words Finding Letters in Words If you are uncertain about how to spell a ➤ Choosing Multiple Forms word, type a question mark (?) in place of Some words in this dictionary have each unknown letter. To find prefixes, more than one form (e.g. resume, suffixes, and other parts of words, type an résumé). When the word you are asterisk (✽ ) in a word. Each asterisk stands looking up has multiple forms, the for a series of letters. Note: If you type an asterisk at the beginning of
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™ Highlighting Words Using LEARNables Using LEARNables, you can read cultural notes, Another way to look up words is by test your spelling, improve your vocabulary, browse highlighting them in dictionary entries or ® ® the Franklin TOEFL Test Word List, and get word lists. You can then find their grammar guidance (see “Using the Grammar definitions, phrases, or add them to My Guide” on page 42). Word List. entrer Cultural Notes 1. At any text, press to start the highlight. menu 1. Press , high
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™ Using LEARNables Using LEARNables List, My Spelling Bee (French) which uses French words from My Word List, or ® French words from My Word List, or the TOEFL Test Flashcards which uses words ® ® ® Franklin TOEFL Test Spelling Bee which from the TOEFL Test Word List. ® ® uses words from the Franklin TOEFL Test 3. Highlight the word list you want and Word List. entrer press . 3. Highlight the word list you want and A word will be displayed on the screen for press entrer . you to study or defin
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Using the Grammar Guide Using the Grammar Guide Your Professeur d'anglais includes a From an Inflection Screen helpful grammar guide that describes 1. Press menu , highlight or parts of speech. You can view it by entrer , and then press . selecting from the main menu or by pressing leçon . 2. Type a word to conjugate, and then press conj . ™ From the LEARNables Menu 3. Press fn + or repeatedly menu 1. Press . to find the tense you want to 2. Highlight and then press read about in the Gramma
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Advanced Verb Advanced Verb Conjugations Conjugations Conjugations show inflections, or changes If the word is a noun, an adjective, or another in a word’s gender, tense, etc. This dictio- modifier, then there won’t be any other inflec- nary includes extensive inflections of tions. nouns, verb, modifiers, and other words. effac 6. Press when done. From the Icon Menu From a Dictionary Entry 1. For example, press menu , use the Some words have different parts of arrow keys to highlight speech or
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Advanced Verb Conjugations Advanced Verb Conjugations conj 4. Press to conjugate the ➤ Accenting Letters headword, écrire. You can look up accented words without Highlight the part of speech you want typing accents. If there are no Multiple (e.g., verb) and press entrer . Then Forms, the Professeur d'anglais will take you highlight the translation you want directly to the word. If there are Multiple (e.g., write) and press entrer . Forms, you will have to choose the correct word from a Multipl
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Translating Traveller’s Advanced Verb Conjugations Phrases There are two ways in which you can ➤ Viewing English Inflections translate several helpful phrases in cat- If you are unfamiliar with inflections, it egories ranging from Emergencies to may be helpful to look at some Business Communication to Time & inflected forms of English verbs. Dates. Note that the English phrase al- Switch the entry language back to ways appears before the French phrase. English, type write, and press conj to see
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Translating Traveller’s Phrases Using My Word List You can save up to 40 words total, in both English and French, in My Word List for personal study or review. My Word List is saved between sessions unless your product is reset. 4. Press or to highlight the phrase you want to translate and then press Adding Words from the Main Menu entrer . menu 1. Press . leçon Or you can press and then press entrer . 2. Highlight and then press entrer . You can also select and press Searching for a Specif
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Using My Word List Using My Word List 1. Press effac . Viewing My Word List 2. Press lang to choose the language of menu 1. Press . the word you want to add (e.g., Or you can press leçon and then French). entrer English words will be added to the English List; press . French words will be added to the French List. 2. Highlight and then press 3. Type the word you want to add to your entrer . word list (e.g., élégant). 3. Press lang to switch to the English or French List, if needed. English list
